Regal Tip and Ed Thigpen teamed up to produce this Ed Thigpen Alternative Performer Series brush. This brush is a retractable wire brush with a rubber and wood handle for a comfortable grip and great cross-sticking action.

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I had hoped that these were a holy grail of brushes: Retractable, Wood Handle (For Cross Stick), Rubber edge (For doing those rim-hit double-strokes... do those have a name?), and a loop for hanging or cymbal scratches.

Unfortunately, these are some pretty average brushes. The wood handle is useless, and they aren't especially bouncy. The handle feels very light, and doesn't get any sound out of the rim. I know that doing rim clicks with brushes is kind of an odd purpose, but think it would be super useful to be able to do. I've had them a little while though, and they've held together very well.

Next time I'm going to go for a pair of non-Retractable, wood handle wire brushes with the little metal button on the handle to do cymbal scratches.

These are not easy to open or close. The wires are just a dead sound on the drum head. Soft sounding for practice or in a small closed area but for playing out, forget it! I don't care for these at all. No pop and so soft on the cymbal they create barely a whisper of sound. Another pair that sits in a box unused. I hate wasting money.